We All Want Someone To Shout For

Radiohead are coming to NYC to play Roseland Ballroom on September 28 & 29. My 21st birthday is September 30th. If I can score tickets to the 29th show, it will be quite a way to send me off to “adulthood”. Talk about awesome.

Hope you guys are able to score tickets as well. This is going to be as intimate of a show as they come. Best of luck to all of you.

Tickets will go on sale next Monday, September 26, at 10am via our friends at Ticketmaster (end sarcasm). On September 26 the band will also guest on The Colbert Show. Don’t miss that either.

Tristan Clopet sent over his stunning cover of Coldplay’s “Hurts Like Heaven”, soon to be included on their new album, Mylo Xyloto. His version is more than worthy of remembrance.

“Kuhlam & DeShay” is the latest track from Rockland County’s Kuhlamity. It’s from his upcoming release, Center Of A Tension. It’s got all the same vulgarity and wit, mixed in with some of his catchiest moments yet.

Young rappers should take note. He’s up to something good.

Kuhlam & DeShay by Kuhlamity

The Motha Folkin Soul have just released a self titled EP that is available to download for free. These are two dudes who make extremely funny, sometimes vulgar folk (listen to opening track “Rasberry Tea”). You can’t help but take them seriously with such nice melodies backing up their humor, but at the same time, you realize they aren’t taken themselves too seriously. It’s all a part of their winning charm.

Lighten up, grab a drink, and moth folkin listen to this EP.

The Beats are a band from Queens who make chilled out rock that is perfect for a relaxed evening. They just signed to Hardly Art, who will release the bands new album, Let The Poison Out.

Check out a little gem from the new LP titled “Doing As I Do” and find out why these guys have been asked to open for the likes of Pavement.

[mp3]: The Beets – Doing As I Do

“Shadows Of The Battlefield” is a medley of Pat Benatar’s “Shadows Of The Night” and “Love Is A Battlefield” by Colossal Gospel. The band’s Christopher Johnson described the song as follows:

We were just kinda messing around and it ended up sounding okay, so we put it up for free download.

It’s a nice listen, and something I highly recommend.

Here’s a long lost early recording by Daft Punk called “Drive”. The Scottish label Soma Records are putting it on their 20 Years compilation, Soma Records 20 Years. The thumping track was recorded way back in 1994, and it’s available to stream below:

Daft Punk – Drive Unreleased 1994 (Preview) by soma

On October 31, Arctic Monkeys will release the title track, Suck It And See, from their new album as their new single. It will come with a b-side titled “Evil Twin”. Once again their buddies Focus Creeps directed the video which features drummer Matt Helders.

It’s a little bit NSFW, so be aware if you’re at work. Happy Friday.

Watch it below:

While watching a cool mini-documentary about The Drums time in Spain, I noticed that they performed an acoustic performance in an ice room for MTV. I tracked down the performance and found a really amazing acoustic re-working of “Best Friend”. The youtuber calls it the Ice Version, and I think it’s perfect.

Watch the clip below and download a mp3 of it after:

“Shake It Out” is the powerful new song from Florence + The Machine. You can bet you’ll find it on her new album, Ceremonials.

I expected nothing short of great from Florence, and she delivers on all levels.